Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020
In a December 17th tweet, former president Barack Obama announced his list of favorite books of the year, He notes, “As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites. I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did.”
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Missionaries by Phil Klay
And a title not included on the “official” list …A Promised Land by Barack Obama
